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09th APRIL 2018 - D200 FINALLY ON THE MOVE

Today after under going FTR examinations, D200 was moved from NRM to ELR hauled by Deltic No9, the move is to allow D200 take part in the 60 Year celebrations of the Class 40 Locomotives, and will remain at ELR until further notice.

06th MARCH 2017 - UPDATE FROM PAUL LAMBERT

Word from the NRM is the asbestos in the loco is now made safe and we are now allowed inside. Simon Thomas and myself will be working at the museum on the 17th of this month and will aim to have a look in the loco and have a good mooch at work required

28th January 2017

Just a quick update that Simon & Paul are still working behind the scenes with NRM regarding D200, we will keep you updated as information comes available

7th May 2016 - UPDATE FROM SIMON THOMAS

Sorry it's took me a few days to write something however this is a update on where things are. I attended a meeting on Sunday 1st May at the NRM having been invited by the KOYLI Group to one of there meetings. Phil had been offered an invite to attend but was not available so I attended on his behalf. A very positive meeting with them and for those who have put forward their details to volunteer to work on the NRM Diesels, looking for to working with the KOYLI group in the future? Unfortunately D200 wasn't accessible, however it is planned she will be in the great hall in the near future as part of the Flying Scotsman exhibition so if your in York please try and make a visit to see her.Forward from here Phil and myself are still working together to hopefully arrange a meeting with the NRM to see if we can start fund raising towards restoring D200 to an operational status.If anybody is interested in coming forward and volunteering at the NRM on the Diesel fleet then please PM me with your contact details (email address and mobile number)and I will pass on your details to get registered with NRM. You will be required to attend an introduction day at the NRM before starting to do any volunteering.Thanks for your patience

22ND APRIL 2016 - NEW WEBSITE DOMAIN

The group website has been upgraded today with the Domain Host Weebly.com, thanks to our Membership Secretary Andy Kettle who has kindly sponsored the upgrade means that the group's website can now be searched through internet search engines.

Our new website address has changed from https://d200group.weebly.com to www.d200group.org, this now enables other groups and relevant companies to search the D200 Group via internet search engines.

13TH APRIL 2016 - D200 HAVING A COAT OF PAINTIt has been reported to the group that D200 is receiving a coat of paint ready for her to go back out on display, the work is being carried out by Heritage Painting is in Brunswick green. A spokesperson from Heritage Painting said "A hard week in York for all the team but Mike, Teriann and Chloe all really grafted to bring us well on. Another week next week should see us complete the job before we head home and crack on with a little Welsh thing!

All photos courtesy of Heritage Painting

24TH MARCH 2016 - WELCOMING CFPS FOUNDER ON BOARDThe D200 Group are pleased to announce that Tim Knight who is the Founder of the CFPS Group all those years back has joined the D200 Group and has offered support to the Group. Tim will be a valuable asset and brings with him vast knowledge and experience, Tim will take up a role with the Group to guide and support us as we progress with NRM, Tim said "its been a long time since I started the CFPS and I fancy a challenge".

21ST MARCH 2016 - FIRST GROUP MEETINGOur first Group meeting has been arranged for Sunday 10th April 2016 at 1pm, and is taking place at the Boundary Pub Audenshaw, the meeting is to welcome the new group and agree Aims & Objectives of the group, and to agree a new formed Committee.

17TH MARCH 2016 - GROUP UPDATE FROM SIMON THOMASGood evening guys and gals thank you for being patient waiting for news, however the news at present isn't very positive or hopeful! Had a text off Nigel Hutchinson advising that the powers that be at the NRM are not progressing any work on D200 for the foreseeable future and are concentrating on other locomotives?

So with that news Nigel has suggested that anyone who may be interested in volunteering to work on the locomotives that the KOYLI Group look after they can be registered with the NRM and become KOYLI Group volunteers? To that end if anyone is willing to travel to York and become a volunteer then please contact me via my email address: franconia@hotmail.co.uk I will pass your details on to Nigel and he will register your names. However I will say this quite clearly as I don't want to sour any relationship with the KOYLI Group before its started. ANYONE WHO SIGNS UP FOR VOLUNTEERING NEEDS TO BE COMMITTED AND RELIABLE AND TURN UP WHEN THEY HAVE PLEDGE TOO TURN UP! The group has had to many flash in the pan volunteers in the past who have showed up once and never been seen or heard of again.So as a group what is our next move? Obviously if we are committed to raise the awareness of this grand old lady and want to raise the money to fund her revival then do we have a meeting and discuss a course of action?Please let me know your thoughts on taking things forward as the clock is now well and truly ticking towards 2018

28TH FEBRUARY 2016 - GROUP CREATEDToday Phil Bradley created The D200 Group through the Facebook Social media website